Windows 11 build 22518: NEW Desktop Spotlight, Voice Access, Widgets tweaks, more

Windows 11 build 22518 hands-on with Desktop Spotlight, Voice Access, Widgets tweaks.
⏯ This video walks you through the new Spotlight collections for the desktop, Voice Access to control Windows 11 with your voice, new Widgets buttons with weather information in the Taskbar, updated input switcher UI, and more.

Table of contents:
00:00 Intro
00:21 Desktop Spotlight wallpapers
01:26 Widget icon with weather
02:34 Input switcher UI
02:54 Windows 11 Voice Access
06:47 Emojis skin tones
07:32 Closing

[amoggoma]

this is a very good addition to the taskbar, it feels weirdly empty on the left side when the icons is centered. Although I expected the start menu icon can be locked to left side while other icon is centered.

[AnywaysTech]

weather icon for widgets panel similar to Windows 10 news and interests

[microsoftsarker]

this update is getting better and better!

[atamme]

I want to merge start with widgets in one side menu. I also want widgets on the desktop like windows 7

[Faycalboukert]

Only Best Explained Windows updates Plz keep always Always ❤️❤️

[jm.aurelio]

Remember, the feature updates we needed to wait is next year. But there is some progress now after few months of releasing builds

[adullahaamir]

Hi I upgraded to new insider build 22518 .but these features are not available yet why's that 😔

[Adargi]

SO they have basically intergrated the Bing Wallpapers App in to Windows itself.

[davidharraway]

Thanks for the Voice Access demo. This should be pretty useful for people with disabilities and it's great to see Microsoft coming back into the OS -wide Accessibility stakes as Apple have left them in the shade for the past few years (with the possible exception of Win10 support for eye tracking....although that is now there for iPadOS15). I have found a few weird glitches around correction commands and auto capitalisation; but as you say, this is an early preview. Voice Access is a definite upgrade on the crusty old Windows Speech Rec which was based on a very early version of Dragon. With the Microsoft purchase of Nuance nearly passed the Regulators in most jurisdictions, I think we will see Windows becoming increasingly voice controlled by everyone - even though this setting comes under Accessibility, it's going to be used by people with and without disabilities.

[michelemengascini]

I'm in version 22518, but I have neither "widget tweaks", to have the temperature on the taskbar, nor the spotlight collection. Are they preview features for the USA, how were the apks?

[RoadToTheCup]

I hope you do a video when these updates come available because they don't say what they're updating unless you search it, they just give you the update. I'll for get about this video by then.

[Zhivko]

I updated but I still have the widgets icon, any ideas how to enable the new layout?

[ideditz]

hey there i just updated windows 11 in the dev channel on 10th dec 2021
the build no. is 22518.1000 but there isnt any changes in that.

[zex]

Why doesn't the icon show the temperature when the start is moved to the left?

[gregzeng]

Just d-loaded version 22499 now. Latest available for myself, here in Australia.

[ifrit]

I want my drag and drop and want it now pls

[AbdulMalik-obsg]

Wait. That Voice acess was a legacy one, !! It is new now!! 😯

[AspireTechYT]

Ey, atleast the widgets are moved to the left for centered users :D

[PhilMinecraft]

the family emoji costumizable is a banger! I wonder how many of these big boi platforms support for custom family emoji :D

[chikkuperla]

THEY BROUGHT BACK THE YELLOW DOG FROM WINDOWS XP WHWHWHWHAHWHAU IM GOING CRAZYY